Naxi manuscript

Oblong octavo, 12 ff., 3 lines, each text box outlined in ink, written in black ink in Naxi (Moso) Dongba pictographic glyphs [in Naxi: 'ss dgyu', transl. 'wood records'], on cotton paper. Folios sewn together at left margin, 76 x 267 (fills entire page) mm. Manuscript likely used as a prompt for th...

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Archive & Special Collections CIM/04/09/03/03 Restrictions Apply

Order number: CIM/Artefacts, Box 2
Date(s) of creation: ? 19th century
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CIM.04.09.03.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CIM/Artefacts, Box 2
callnumber CIM/04/09/03/03
callnumber_txt CIM/04/09/03/03
callnumber-sort CIM/04/09/03/03
scb_alt_ref_no CIM/PP 596
prefix_number 03
title Naxi manuscript
scb_date_creation ? 19th century
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
scb_custodial_history Provenance: Acquired by Rev John Graham and Lottie Graham
description Oblong octavo, 12 ff., 3 lines, each text box outlined in ink, written in black ink in Naxi (Moso) Dongba pictographic glyphs [in Naxi: 'ss dgyu', transl. 'wood records'], on cotton paper. Folios sewn together at left margin, 76 x 267 (fills entire page) mm. Manuscript likely used as a prompt for the recitation of ritual texts. Origin: South-West China [CIM/PP 596/1]. Also a note identifying the manuscript by Eric Douglas Grinstead, Assistant Keeper Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, British Museum [CIM/PP 596/2] (n.d.).
scb_access_status Restrictions Apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Open for consultation. However, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library at least one working day in advance of your visit.
language Naxi
language_search Naxi
scb_scripts_material Dongba
hierarchy_top_id_raw CIM
hierarchy_sequence CIM.0004.0009.0003.0003

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